Sheet-piling section.



PATBNTED AUG. 28, 1906.

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SH BET FILING SECTION. APPLIOATION FILED PEB.9.19QB.

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UNITED sra'r as PATENT OFFICE.

TRUMAN HILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO VANDERKLOOT STEEL PILING (10., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SHEET-FILING ssoJlon.

Patents: Aug. '28, 1906.

Application filed February 9. I906. Serial No. 300,248. a

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TRUMAN HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain-new and useful Improvement in Sheet-Piling Sections, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompan ing drawings, forming a part of this speci cation.

My invention relates to metal sheet-piling; and its object is to produce an integral section therefor which is more simple and which can be rolled more readily and which is therefore less expensive than sections in the prior art. V

The section of my invention consists of a web portion with a flange at each end, one end of each flange being turned over to form a hook for engagin a similar hook on an'adjacent section an the other end of each flange being rounded over to form a guard about the hook of the adjacent sec'tion,said

hooks preventing longitudinal displacement of the sections while the guards prevent transverse or lateral displacement thereof, both hooks and guardsacting conjointly to prevent buckling of the wall built up from the sections.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows 'a top view of a pluralit of sections joined together to form a wall. ig. 2 is an elevation v1ew,of the wall composed of the sections shown in Fig. 1, and Figs..3 and 4 show a modified arrangement and construction.

Each section comprises a web portion terminating in flanges 2 2. One end of each flange is bent over, as shown, to form a hook 3 for engagement with a similar book of an" adjacent section, the other end of each flange being rounded over to form a nerd 4, each guard engaging about the hoo of the adjacent section. The hooksserve to prevent onlgitudinal displacement of the built-up wa while the uards prevent uncou ling of the sectionsant? buckling or lateral displace ment of the built-u wall. In the sections shown in Fi s. 1 ant 4 the hooks are on the same side 0 the web and the guards are at the opposite side thereof, while in the modification shown in Fig. 3 the hooks are at 0pposite sides of the web and the guards like- Other modifications may also be made within the scope of the invention, and I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to those shown.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A sheet-piling section comprisi-n V a web portion having a flange at each end, a 00k at one end of each flange for en agin with the hook of an adjacent section, t e ot er end of each flan e being in the form of a guard to engage al out the hook of the adjacent section, said hooks preventing longitudinal displacement of joined sections and the guards preventing lateral displacement thereof.

2. A section for metallic sheet-piling comprising a web having a hook and a guard member at each end, each hook and guard member forming a pocket for receiving the hook member of the adjacent section, said hook and ard members cooperating to pre-' vent longitudinal and lateral displacement of joined sections.

3. A unitarysheet-piling section comprising a web lportion, a hook and a guard member at eac end of the web at opposite sides thereof, the hook and uard mem are at each end formin a pocket or the reception of the similar hoo member of the adjacent section,

said members cooperating to prevent longi- In sections like this built up from I- venting lateral displacement of the engaging section.

5. A sheet-piling section comprising a web portion, a hook at each end thereof for engagmg with similar hooks of adjacent sections to lock the sections against longitudinal displacement, and guard members opposite each hook for engaging about the hook of the adjacent section to prevent lateral displacement of 'oined sections.

6. A s eet iling section formed of I- beams one end of each of the flanges being turned over to form a hook for engagement with similar hooks on ad'acent sections, the other end of the flanges being rounded over to form aguard for engaging about the engaged hook of the adjacent section.

7. A sheetiling section formed from an I-beam each" ange terminatingin a hook at 0x13 end and in a guard member at the other 611 a 8. A' sheet-piling section formed from an Lbeam, one end of each flange at opposite sides of the web bein r turned over to form a hook, the other cm of each flange being rounded over about the hook end to form a guard, the hooks of adjacent members engaging to prevent lon itudinal dis lacenient of a built-up wall an the guar s cooperating with the hooks to prevent lateral displacement of the built-up wall.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 1st day of February, A. D. 0

TRUMAN HILL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES J. SCHMIDT, LEONARD'VV. NOOANDER. 

